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Melatonin Exerts Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Neuromodulatory Effects That Could Potentially Be Useful in the Treatment of Vertigo. Int J Otolaryngol 2021; 2021:6641055. [PMID: 33859698 PMCID: PMC8009714 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6641055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The acute phase of vertigo involves multiple neurotransmitters, inflammatory mediators, and products of oxidative stress. The vestibular pathway has multiple melatonin receptors distributed along its path, both centrally and peripherally. In addition, melatonin has been shown to be a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent against factors related to vertigo, such as Bax/caspases, interleukins, and chemokines. Likewise, it exerts central GABAergic, antidopaminergic, and anti-migraine functions and regulates sympathetic activity in a similar way to the drugs classically used in acute vestibular crisis. In this review, the role of melatonin as a potential treatment of the acute phase of vertigo is discussed.
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Paulis L, Simko F, Laudon M. Cardiovascular effects of melatonin receptor agonists. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2012; 21:1661-78. [PMID: 22916799 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2012.714771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Melatonin synchronizes circadian rhythms with light/dark period and it was demonstrated to correct chronodisruption. Several melatonin receptor agonists with improved pharmacokinetics or increased receptor affinity are being developed, three of them are already in clinical use. However, the actions of melatonin extend beyond chronobiology to cardiovascular and metabolic systems as well. Given the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease and their common occurrence with chronodisruption, it is of utmost importance to classify the cardiometabolic effects of the newly approved and putative melatoninergic drugs. AREAS COVERED In the present review, the available (although very sparse) data on such effects, in particular by the approved (circadin, ramelteon, agomelatine) or clinically advanced (tasimelteon, piromelatine = Neu-P11, TIK-301) compounds are summarized. The authors have searched for an association with blood pressure, vascular reactivity, ischemia, myocardial and vascular remodeling and metabolic syndrome. EXPERT OPINION The data suggest that cardiovascular effects of melatonin are at least partly mediated via MT(1)/MT(2) receptors and associated with its chronobiotic action. Therefore, despite the sparse direct evidence, it is believed that these effects will be shared by melatonin analogs as well. With the expected approval of novel melatoninergic compounds, it is suggested that the investigation of their cardiovascular effects should no longer be neglected.
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- Ludovit Paulis
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Sasinkova 4, 81108, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Dhar A, Dhar I, Desai KM, Wu L. Methylglyoxal scavengers attenuate endothelial dysfunction induced by methylglyoxal and high concentrations of glucose. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 161:1843-56. [PMID: 20825408 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01017.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Endothelial dysfunction is a feature of hypertension and diabetes. Methylglyoxal (MG) is a reactive dicarbonyl metabolite of glucose and its levels are elevated in spontaneously hypertensive rats and in diabetic patients. We investigated if MG induces endothelial dysfunction and whether MG scavengers can prevent endothelial dysfunction induced by MG and high glucose concentrations. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Endothelium-dependent relaxation was studied in aortic rings from Sprague-Dawley rats. We also used cultured rat aortic and human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The MG was measured by HPLC and Western blotting and assay kits were used. KEY RESULTS Incubation of aortic rings with MG (30 µM) or high glucose (25 mM) attenuated endothelium-dependent, acetylcholine-induced relaxation, which was restored by two different MG scavengers, aminoguanidine (100 µM) and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) (600 µM). Treatment of cultured endothelial cells with MG or high glucose increased cellular MG levels, effects prevented by aminoguanidine and NAC. In cultured endothelial cells, MG and high glucose reduced basal and bradykinin-stimulated nitric oxide (NO) production, cGMP levels, and serine-1177 phosphorylation and activity of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), without affecting threonine-495 and Akt phosphorylation or total eNOS protein. These effects of MG and high glucose were attenuated by aminoguanidine or NAC. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our results show for the first time that MG reduced serine-1177 phosphorylation, activity of eNOS and NO production. MG caused endothelial dysfunction similar to that induced by high glucose. Specific and safe MG scavengers have potential to prevent endothelial dysfunction induced by MG and high glucose concentrations.
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- Arti Dhar
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Das R, Balonan L, Ballard HJ, Ho S. Chronic hypoxia inhibits the antihypertensive effect of melatonin on pulmonary artery. Int J Cardiol 2008; 126:340-5. [PMID: 17590454 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2006] [Accepted: 04/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Exposure of animals to chronic hypoxia induces pulmonary vascular remodeling leading to pulmonary hypertension. Melatonin, the principal hormone of the pineal gland, is known to have an inhibitory effect on rat vascular reactivity. This study examined the effect of chronic hypoxia on the influence of melatonin on the vasoreactivity of the pulmonary artery. The inhibitory effect of melatonin on the phenylephrine-induced constriction in normoxia-adapted rings (101.5+/-4% versus 82.2+/-4%) in the presence or absence of melatonin, respectively) was lost following chronic hypoxic treatment (100.2+/-4% versus 102.2+/-2%) and this effect was independent of the endothelium. Melatonin also significantly enhanced the relaxant response to acetylcholine of the pulmonary arterial rings from normoxic rats (34.76+/-5.67% versus 53.82+/-4.736%) in the absence or presence of melatonin, respectively). In contrast, melatonin had no significant effect (21.71+/-1.37% versus 23.51+/-6.891%) on the relaxant response to acetylcholine of the pulmonary arterial rings from chronic hypoxia-adapted rats. Pre-treatment with melatonin (10(-4) M) showed no significant effect on the vasorelaxation by the nitric oxide donor; sodium nitroprusside (10(-7)-10(-5) M). The melatonin-induced changes were blocked by the melatonergic-receptor antagonist luzindole (2x10(-6) M). The results from our study confirm the presence of melatonergic receptors on the pulmonary trunk of rats and also suggest that the modulatory role of melatonin on the vasoreactivity of pulmonary trunk does not involve the nitric oxide pathway. Most importantly, our results show that development of pulmonary hypertension in rats is associated with the loss of the vasorelaxant influence of melatonin.
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- Rapti Das
- Division of Health and Applied Science, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR
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Chang T, Wu L. Methylglyoxal, oxidative stress, and hypertension. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 84:1229-38. [PMID: 17487230 DOI: 10.1139/y06-077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pathogenic mechanisms for essential hypertension are unclear despite striking efforts from numerous research teams over several decades. Increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been associated with the development of hypertension and the role of ROS in hypertension has been well documented in recent years. In this context, it is important to better understand pathways and triggering factors for increased ROS production in hypertension. This review draws a causative linkage between elevated methylglyoxal level, methylglyoxal-induced production of ROS, and advanced glycation end products in the development of hypertension. It is proposed that elevated methylglyoxal level and resulting protein glycation and ROS production may be the upstream links in the chain reaction leading to the development of hypertension.
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- Tuanjie Chang
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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Miyagawa K, Ohashi M, Yamashita S, Kojima M, Sato K, Ueda R, Dohi Y. Increased oxidative stress impairs endothelial modulation of contractions in arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2007; 25:415-21. [PMID: 17211249 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3280115b96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The endothelium modulates vascular contractions. We investigated the effects of oxidative stress on endothelial modulation of contractions in hypertension. METHODS Changes in isometric tension of femoral arterial rings from spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were recorded. RESULTS The contractile response to norepinephrine of arteries with endothelium was greater in SHR than in WKY rats (P < 0.0001). Endothelium removal augmented the norepinephrine-induced contraction (P < 0.05). The augmentation was more pronounced in WKY than in SHR, which resulted in comparable contraction of arteries without endothelium in both strains. Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (100 micromol/l) mimicked the effect of endothelium removal. Production of nitric oxide (NO, assessed by measuring nitrite/nitrate concentrations) during the contraction was not different between SHR and WKY. Vitamin C suppressed the contraction of arteries with endothelium from SHR but not from WKY (P < 0.05). Diphenyleneiodonium and apocynin, inhibitors of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH/NADPH) oxidase, attenuated the contraction of arteries with endothelium from SHR (P < 0.001) but not WKY, but did not affect contractions induced by serotonin. Superoxide generated by xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine enhanced the norepinephrine-induced contraction of arteries with endothelium from WKY (P < 0.0001), and this effect was reversed by vitamin C. CONCLUSIONS In rat femoral arteries, NO released from the endothelium modulates vascular contraction. In SHR, production of superoxide by NADH/NADPH oxidase, which may be activated by norepinephrine, is enhanced, resulting in the inactivation of NO and impairment of endothelial modulation of vascular contractions. Vascular oxidative stress may contribute to the altered circulation in hypertension by impairing endothelial modulation of vascular contractions.
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- Koichi Miyagawa
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Koseiin Geriatric Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Wu L. Is methylglyoxal a causative factor for hypertension development?This paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled Young Investigator's Forum. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 84:129-39. [PMID: 16845897 DOI: 10.1139/y05-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Hypertension is a life-threatening disease that is associated with increased cardiovascular risks. Causes and mechanisms for hypertension development remain poorly understood. Methylglyoxal (MG), a highly reactive molecule, is a metabolite of sugar. Increased circulation and tissue levels of MG have been documented not only in diabetes but also in hypertension. Many recent studies also link MG-induced vascular damage to the pathogenic process of hypertension. As such, an etiological role of MG in hypertension development is proposed.
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- Lingyun Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Erdem T, Ozturan O, Iraz M, Miman MC, Olmez E. Dose-dependent dual effect of melatonin on ototoxicity induced by amikacin in adult rats. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2004; 262:314-21. [PMID: 15170574 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0793-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 03/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of this animal study was to reveal the dose-dependent effects of melatonin on aminoglycoside ototoxicity by utilizing distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). Forty-four adult (aged 12 months) rats were divided into five groups. Rats of the control group (group C) were injected with vehicle, while the melatonin group (group M) received melatonin (4 mg/kg per day); there were four rats in each of these groups. The study groups consisted of 12 rats per group, and they were treated as follows: 600 mg/kg per day amikacin (group A), amikacin plus a low dose (0.4 mg/kg per day) melatonin (group AML) and amikacin plus high dose (4 mg/kg per day) melatonin (group AMH) for 14 days. During the serial measurements on days 0, 5, 10 and 15, the DPOAE results of groups C,M and AML were not significantly changed. Amikacin ototoxicity findings for input/output (I/O) functions were detected on the 3rd measurement of the study in group A. High-dose melatonin clearly enhanced and accelerated amikacin-induced ototoxicity. The DP-gram amplitudes and I/O amplitudes were reduced, and I/O thresholds were increased in group AMH. Group AMH was the group that was affected the most and earliest by amikacin. Our study results showed that while low-dose melatonin protected the inner ear from ototoxicity, high dose melatonin facilitated amikacin-induced ototoxicity, possibly via the vasodilatory effect, leading to an increased accumulation of amikacin in the inner ear. Probably, the protective effect of the melatonin at a dose of 0.4 mg/kg per day is related to its antioxidant properties. Apparently, the vasodilatory effect of melatonin seems to be more prominent than its antioxidant effect in high doses.
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- Tamer Erdem
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University Medical Faculty, 44300 Malatya, Turkey.
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Escames G, Khaldy H, León J, González L, Acuña-Castroviejo D. Changes in iNOS activity, oxidative stress and melatonin levels in hypertensive patients treated with lacidipine. J Hypertens 2004; 22:629-35. [PMID: 15076170 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200403000-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE(S) To study the changes in macrophage inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity, plasma levels of nitrite, lipid peroxidation (LPO) and melatonin in human essential hypertension before and 6 months after 4 mg/day lacidipine treatment. DESIGN The study was carried out in a total of 25 subjects--11 healthy subjects and 14 hypertensive patients. Blood pressure and peripheral blood samples were taken before and after 6 months of lacidipine treatment (4 mg/day). METHODS Systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), renal function, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, renin, aldosterone and catecholamine levels were measured by routine methods. The activity of macrophage iNOS and plasma nitrite, LPO and melatonin levels were also measured. CONCLUSIONS Besides reducing blood pressure, lacidipine treatment significantly decreased plasma LPO and macrophage iNOS activity, without changes in NO. Melatonin significantly increases in hypertensive patients, returning to control after lacidipine. Thus, lacidipine reduced blood pressure and free radicals, avoiding the oxidative damage to endothelium. It is suggested that administration of lacidipine plus melatonin may enhance the beneficial effects of each drug in essential hypertension.
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- Germaine Escames
- Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Spain
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The effect of melatonin on the Ca(2+) signaling process in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAE) and in primary cultured vascular endothelial cells from normotensive Sprague Dawley (SDR) and genetically hypertensive (SHR) rats was investigated using the Ca(2+) indicator Fura-2. Acute applications of melatonin failed to initiate a Ca(2+) response in the three cell types considered. However, preincubating SHR aortic endothelial cells with exposure to melatonin increased the internal Ca(2+) release triggered by bradykinin (BK) and ATP while stimulating the related agonist-evoked Ca(2+) entry. This effect appeared specific for SHR cells, as a similar incubation period failed to alter the Ca(2+) responses in BAE and SDR cells. Because of the known overproduction of free radicals in SHR cells, the effect of melatonin on Ca(2+) signaling was also tested in SDR and BAE cells exposed to the superoxide anion radical. Melatonin reversed the deleterious action of free radicals on Ca(2+) signaling in both cases, suggesting that its stimulatory effect in SHR was linked to its antioxidative properties. Finally, experiments where melatonin was applied between successive BK stimulation periods showed an enhancement of the agonist-evoked Ca(2+) entry in BAE and SDR cells. This effect appeared to be independent of the production of second messengers as no specific binding sites for melatonin, including MT1, MT2 and MT3 receptors, could be detected in BAE cells. We conclude that melatonin improves Ca(2+) signaling in dysfunctional endothelial cells characterized by an overproduction of free radicals while stimulating the agonist-evoked Ca(2+) entry in normal endothelial cells through a mechanism not related to its antioxidative properties.
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- L Pogan
- Département de physiologie, Groupe de recherche en transport membranaire, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Poon AMS, Kravtsov GM, Pang SF. Receptor-mediated modulation of avian caecal muscle contraction by melatonin: role of tyrosine protein kinase. J Pineal Res 2002; 32:199-208. [PMID: 12074105 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.1o857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Abstract: Melatonin receptors in the quail caecum were studied by 2[125I]iodomelatonin binding assay and the involvement of tyrosine protein kinase in the melatonin-induced contraction was explored. The binding of 2[125I]iodomelatonin in the quail caecum membrane preparations was saturable, reversible and of high affinity with an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 24.6 +/- 1.1 pm (n = 7) and a maximum number of binding sites (Bmax) of 1.95 +/- 0.09 fmol (mg/protein) (n = 7). The relative order of potency of indoles in competing for 2[125I]iodomelatonin binding was: 2-iodomelatonin > melatonin > 2-phenylmelatonin > 6-chloromelatonin > 6-hydroxymelatonin > N-acetylserotonin, indicating that ML(1) receptors are involved. The binding was inhibited by Mel1b melatonin receptor antagonists, luzindole and 4-phenyl-2-propionamidotetralin (4-P-PDOT) as well as by non-hydrolyzable analogs of GTP like GTPgammaS and Gpp(NH)p but not by adenosine nucleotides. The latter suggests that the action of melatonin on the caecum is G-protein linked. Cumulative addition of melatonin (1-300 nM) potentiated both the amplitude and frequency of spontaneous contractions in the quail caecum. The potentiation of rhythmic contractions was blocked by both luzindole and 4-P-PDOT. Antagonists of tyrosine kinase, genistein(2 microM) and erbstatin(4 microM) suppressed the modulation of spontaneous contractions by melatonin, but not inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) or protein kinase A (PKA). Melatonin-induced increment in spontaneous contraction was blocked by nifedipine (0.4 nM). Thus, we suggest that melatonin potentiates spontaneous contraction in the quail caecum via interacting with G-protein-coupled Mel(1b) receptor which may activate L-type Ca2+ channels by mobilizing tyrosine kinases.
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MESH Headings
- 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Apamin/pharmacology
- Binding, Competitive
- Cecum/drug effects
- Cecum/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/metabolism
- Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/pharmacology
- Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Guanosine Triphosphate/pharmacology
- Indoles/metabolism
- Melatonin/analogs & derivatives
- Melatonin/metabolism
- Melatonin/pharmacology
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle Contraction/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Naphthalenes/pharmacology
- Potassium Channels/drug effects
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Quail
- Receptors, Cell Surface/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cell Surface/drug effects
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/drug effects
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Melatonin
- Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology
- Tryptamines/pharmacology
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- A M S Poon
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China.
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Anwar MM, Meki AR, Rahma HH. Inhibitory effects of melatonin on vascular reactivity: possible role of vasoactive mediators. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2001; 130:357-67. [PMID: 11701392 DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(01)00261-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Melatonin (MEL), the principal hormone of the vertebral pineal gland, elicits several neurobiological effects. However, the effects of MEL on vascular tissues are still vague. The first goal of this study was to investigate the effect of MEL on isolated rabbit aortic rings and its role in the vascular reactivity to contractile agents, noradrenaline (NA) and phenylephrine (PHE) and relaxant agents (acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside). In addition, the levels of nitric oxide (NO), cGMP, total calcium, lipid peroxides, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione (GSH) were also investigated in tissue homogenates of rabbit aortic rings preincubated (20 min) in MEL with and without contractile agents. Our results revealed that MEL has an endothelium-dependent vaso-relaxant effect and potentiated significantly the vaso-relaxant effect of acetylcholine. Moreover, MEL (10(-4) M) had a significant inhibitory effect on the contractile responses of aortic rings to both NA and PHE. In comparison with control tissue rings, the levels of lipid peroxides were significantly increased while the levels of GSH, and SOD activities were significantly decreased in tissue homogenates of aortic rings pre-incubated (20 min) in NA or PHE. In addition, the levels of NO and cGMP were significantly lower in tissue rings pre-treated with NA and PHE, respectively. Also, the levels of total calcium were significantly increased only in tissue rings pre-treated with NA. The levels of lipid peroxides were significantly decreased, while the levels of GSH, NO and cGMP and SOD activities were significantly increased in tissue homogenates of aortic rings incubated (20 min) in MEL (10(-4) M) in comparison to ring tissues incubated in NA or PHE alone. In aortic rings incubated in MEL+PHE, the levels of lipid peroxides were significantly lower while the levels of GSH and cGMP and SOD activities were significantly higher than their levels in ring tissues incubated in PHE. In aortic rings incubated in MEL+NA, the levels of lipid peroxides and total calcium were significantly lower while the levels of NO were significantly higher than their levels in ring tissues incubated in NA alone. We conclude that MEL has an endothelium dependent vasorelaxant effect and potentiates the endothelium dependent vasorelaxation induced by acetylcholine. MEL inhibits the contractile responses of aortic rings to NA and PHE. These effects may be, in part, due to re-balancing the pro-oxidant/antioxidants system, lowered calcium content and elevated NO and cGMP levels in vascular tissue.
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- M M Anwar
- Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Wang R, Wang Z, Wu L, Hanna ST, Peterson-Wakeman R. Reduced vasorelaxant effect of carbon monoxide in diabetes and the underlying mechanisms. Diabetes 2001; 50:166-74. [PMID: 11147783 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.1.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is an endogenous gaseous factor that relaxes vascular tissues by acting on both the cGMP pathway and calcium-activated K+ (K(Ca)) channels. Whether the vascular effect of CO is altered in diabetes had been unknown. It was found that the CO-induced relaxation of tail artery tissues from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was significantly decreased as compared with that of nondiabetic control rats. The blockade of the cGMP pathway with ODQ (1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one) completely abolished the CO-induced relaxation of diabetic tissues but only partially inhibited the CO effect in normal tissues. Single-channel conductance of K(Ca) channels in diabetic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) was not different from that of normal SMCs. However, the sensitivity of K(Ca) channels to CO in diabetic SMCs was significantly reduced. CO (10 micromol/l) induced an 81 +/- 24% increase in the mean open probability of single K(Ca) channels in normal SMCs but had no effect in diabetic SMCs. Longterm culture of normal vascular SMCs with 25 mmol/l glucose or 25 mmol/l 3-OMG (3-O-methylglucose) but not 25 mmol/l mannitol significantly reduced the sensitivity of K(Ca) channels to CO. On the other hand, the sensitivity of K(Ca) channels to CO was regained in diabetic SMCs that were cultured with 5 mmol/l glucose for a prolonged period. The decreased vasorelaxant effect of CO in diabetes represents a novel mechanism for the vascular complications of diabetes, which could be closely related to the glycation of K(Ca) channels in diabetic vascular SMCs.
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- R Wang
- Department of Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Lembo G, Vecchione C, Izzo R, Fratta L, Fontana D, Marino G, Pilato G, Trimarco B. Noradrenergic vascular hyper-responsiveness in human hypertension is dependent on oxygen free radical impairment of nitric oxide activity. Circulation 2000; 102:552-7. [PMID: 10920068 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.102.5.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Noradrenergic vascular hyper-responsiveness is a hallmark of essential hypertension. To evaluate whether nitric oxide plays a role in the enhanced vascular response to norepinephrine in hypertension, we examined 32 hypertensives and 28 normotensives who were distributed in 3 experimental series. METHODS AND RESULTS In the first series, we measured the forearm blood flow (FBF) response to a norepinephrine infusion under control conditions and during the infusion of L-N-monomethylarginine (L-NMMA). Norepinephrine evoked dose-dependent vasoconstriction that was greater in hypertensives than in normotensives (maximum FBF, -61+/-1 versus -51+/-1%; P<0.01). During L-NMMA infusion, norepinephrine vasoconstriction was not modified in hypertensives; however, it was potentiated in normotensives (maximum FBF, -64+/-2%; P<0.01). In the second series, we tested whether norepinephrine vasoconstriction could be affected by an antioxidant such as ascorbic acid. Norepinephrine vasoconstriction was blunted by ascorbic acid administration only in hypertensives (maximum FBF, -49+/-3 versus -63+/-2%; P<0.01); the vasoconstriction became similar to that observed in normotensives. During ascorbic acid plus L-NMMA administration, the vascular response to norepinephrine increased to a similar extent in both study groups. To rule out the possibility that the effect of ascorbic acid on norepinephrine vasoconstriction could depend on adrenergic receptor-induced nitric oxide release, in the last series we inhibited endogenous nitric oxide and replaced it with an exogenous nitric oxide donor (sodium nitroprusside). Even in these conditions, ascorbic acid attenuated norepinephrine vasoconstriction only in hypertensives (maximum FBF, -50+/-2 versus -62+/-1%; P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that noradrenergic vascular hyper-responsiveness in hypertension is dependent on an impairment of nitric oxide activity that is realized through norepinephrine-induced oxygen free radical production.
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- G Lembo
- Istituto di Ricovera e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
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Wu L, Girouard H, de Champlain J. Involvement of the cyclic GMP pathway in the superoxide-induced IP3 formation in vascular smooth muscle cells. J Hypertens 2000; 18:1057-64. [PMID: 10953997 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018080-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether cGMP or cAMP signal pathway is indirectly involved in the effect of superoxide on the IP3 formation in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) from rat mesenteric arteries. METHODS Cultured smooth muscle cells from rat mesenteric arteries were prelabelled with myo-(2-(3)H) inositol for evaluation of IP3 formation. Quantitative cAMP and cGMP levels were determined using cAMP [3H] or cGMP [125I] assay systems. RESULTS In the present study, it was found that superoxide significantly inhibited the basal level of cGMP and also suppressed the sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced cGMP formation in SMCs from rat mesenteric arteries. The inhibitory effect of superoxide on basal level of cGMP was similar in the absence or presence of ODQ (a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor). Moreover, the superoxide-induced increase in IP3 formation was significantly inhibited by SNP or s-nitroso- n-acetylpenicillamine but was significantly potentiated by ODQ or KT5823 (a cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor). Superoxide had no effect on the basal or on the forskolin-induced cAMP production and the inhibition of adenylyl cyclase or cAMP-dependent protein kinase did not affect the superoxide-enhanced IP3 formation. CONCLUSION The decreased cross-inhibition of IP3 pathway by cGMP may contribute to the superoxide-enhanced IP3 formation in SMCs from mesenteric arteries. The cross-talk between cGMP and IP3 pathways provides a novel mechanism for the signalling role of superoxide in vascular SMCs.
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- L Wu
- Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux autonome, Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Zuhair HA, Abd El-Fattah AA, El-Sayed MI. Pumpkin-seed oil modulates the effect of felodipine and captopril in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Pharmacol Res 2000; 41:555-63. [PMID: 10753555 DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1999.0622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Natural products like pumpkin-seed oil (PSO) may modify the potency of the calcium antagonist felodipine (FEL) or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-inhibitor), captopril (CPT) in modulating the biochemical derangement in blood, heart and kidney as well as blood pressure and heart rate of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were investigated. SHR were treated orally with FEL at a dose of 0. 45 mg kg(-1) body wt. or CPT at a dose of 9 mg kg(-1) body wt. once daily for 4 weeks. PSO was administered at a dose of 40 mg kg(-1) body wt. alone or with FEL or CPT in the previous respective dose regimen for the same period to SHR. This study showed that hypertension induced increments the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) by 55% and 38% as well as the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) by 26% and 23% in heart and kidney, respectively, accompanied by reductions in the activity of myocardial superoxide dismutase (SOD) from 3.40+/-0.17 to 2.42+/-0.19 U mg protein(-1)and contents of glutathione (GSH) and protein thiols (PrSHs) in different tissues of SHR as compared to normotensive rats. Treatment of SHR with FEL or CPT monotherapy or combined with PSO produced improvement in the measured free radical scavengers in the heart and kidney. Our results also showed that pretreatment of SHR with PSO for 4 weeks then i.v. administration of FEL or CPT produced a significant beneficial hypotensive action. The results were explained in the light of the antioxidant properties of PSO. Therefore, it is concluded that concomitant administration of FEL or CPT with natural antioxidants can yield a beneficial therapeutic effect and retard the progression of hypertension.
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- H A Zuhair
- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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Wu L, de Champlain J. Effects of superoxide on signaling pathways in smooth muscle cells from rats. Hypertension 1999; 34:1247-53. [PMID: 10601126 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.34.6.1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of hypoxanthine and xanthine oxidase-induced superoxide anion were evaluated on various signal transduction pathways in aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Superoxide increased inositol 1,4,5-tris-phosphate (IP(3)) formation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in both strains but more markedly in SMCs from SHR. Various antioxidants significantly decreased the superoxide-induced IP(3) formation in both strains. In addition, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, genistein and tyrphostin A25, inhibited the superoxide-induced IP(3) formation more markedly in SHR than in WKY. Moreover, superoxide decreased the basal level of cGMP to a greater extent in SHR and also suppressed the rise in cGMP induced by S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine. In addition, the superoxide-induced increase in IP(3) formation was significantly inhibited by guanylyl cyclase stimulator S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine but was potentiated by ODQ (a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4, 3-a]quinoxalin-1-one) and KT5823 (a cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor), with a greater effect in SHR. Finally, the superoxide-enhanced IP(3) formation was not accompanied by simultaneous changes in cAMP levels, and inhibition of the adenylyl cyclase pathway did not modify the superoxide-induced IP(3) formation. Our results thus demonstrate a stimulatory effect of superoxide on IP(3) formation, mediated by the tyrosine kinase-coupled phospholipase C(gamma) activity, and an inhibitory effect of superoxide on cGMP formation in vascular SMCs. The increased reactivity of the phospholipase C pathway and the decreased cross inhibition of the IP(3) pathway by cGMP in the presence of superoxide may underlie the altered functions of vascular SMCs in SHR.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Aorta
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cyclic GMP/metabolism
- Cyclic GMP/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Hypertension/physiopathology
- Hypoxanthine/pharmacology
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/biosynthesis
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Penicillamine/analogs & derivatives
- Penicillamine/pharmacology
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Superoxides/metabolism
- Superoxides/pharmacology
- Xanthine Oxidase/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- L Wu
- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Autonome, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Wu L, de Champlain J. Superoxide anion-induced formation of inositol phosphates involves tyrosine kinase activation in smooth muscle cells from rat mesenteric artery. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 259:239-43. [PMID: 10362493 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Our previous studies have demonstrated an enhanced production of inositol phosphates (IPs) induced by superoxide in smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The mechanisms for this effect, however, remained largely unknown. In the present study, it was found that superoxide increased IP production in SMCs from rat mesenteric arteries in a time-dependent manner. The effect of superoxide on IP formation was significantly inhibited by the antioxidants n-acetylcysteine or alpha-lipoic acid. Genistein and tyrphostin A25, two tyrosine kinase inhibitors, also inhibited the superoxide-induced IP formation. The application of monoclonal antibody against phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma) significantly inhibited the superoxide-induced IP formation. Finally, the expression level of PLCgamma proteins was increased 6 hrs after exposing SMCs to superoxide. The present findings demonstrate that superoxide activates the tyrosine kinase pathway and suggest that the tyrosine kinase-mediated IP formation may represent a novel mechanism underlying the signalling role of superoxide in rat mesenteric artery SMCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Wu
- Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux autonome, Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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